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Complete Protein Every Meal

Challenge

Our challenge for you this week is to eat a COMPLETE protein at all your major meals (breakfast, lunch, and dinner). What is a complete protein? How are you going to accomplish this?

Tip

A complete protein is a source of protein that has all 9 of the amino acids (building blocks of protein) that we must get from an external source because our body can’t produce them (called “essential amino acids”). Here are some examples of complete proteins that are pretty easy to add to your life!:

Meat

Eggs

Quinoa

Buckwheat

Soy

Rice and Beans

Hummus and Pita

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